Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Time to Jump on the Employee Benefits Bandwagon’
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
Marine Surveyors Cast a Wide Net
Feb 24 2003 // Chances are if you’ve been working with the marine insurance market for some time, the term “marine surveyor” may not be unfamiliar to you. But how many property and casualty insurance agents and...
Industry Looks to Meet Challenge of Modernization
Feb 24 2003 // Insurance industry leaders are clamoring for information technology (IT) modernization but are inhibited by budget constraints, a recent survey conducted by Sapiens International revealed. Sapiens, a provider of business...
You Bet There’s More to a Comparative Rater Than Just Quoting
Feb 24 2003 // Comparative raters for independent agents have been available since the early 80s with the introduction of personal computers. Just like today’s PC, they have made great strides since the days of the floppy drive...
Century Group Provides Docucorp’s Policy Automation Solutions to Agents
Feb 21 2003 // Dallas-based Docucorp® International, a provider of enterprise information solutions, announced an agreement with Century Insurance Group, a commercial property-casualty insurer, to provide Docucorp’s policy...
Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist to Address IIABA Nat. Legislative Conf.
Feb 21 2003 // Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in...
Ohio Casualty Group Agents Now Have Access to Policy Loss Run Inquiry
Feb 21 2003 // Ohio Casualty Group (OCG) agents using Applied Agency Management Systems will now have access to Policy Loss Run Reports available through IVANS Transformation Station. The Loss Run Reports also will be accessible through...
United Agencies’ Equipment Floater to be Managed by APM Platform
Feb 19 2003 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc. announced that United Agencies, Inc. and APM Platform (a subsidiary of Abacus) have signed an agreement for APM to co-manage and distribute an Equipment Floater arranged by United through...
AgentSecure Partners with BenefitMall
Feb 19 2003 // AgentSecure, a division of Fort Worth-based InsureZone, announced it is expanding its offerings through a virtual partnership with nearby Dallas-based BenefitMall. AgentSecure, which provides independent agents with online...
Koch Featured at IIASA Membership Luncheon
Feb 19 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio will hold its membership luncheon on February 20 at the Old San Francisco Steakhouse. The featured speaker, Cheryl L. Koch of the Agency Management Resource Group, will...
Korngold Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers as AVP
Feb 19 2003 // Portland-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced the appointment of Jacob Korngold as assistant vice president. In this role, Korngold is charged with developing new business opportunities in the Portland area,...
Iroquois Group Now Open to Louisiana Agents
Feb 18 2003 // Gerald Scriber and Nick Poulos, regional managers for Iroquois Group, of Winnsboro, La., announced the opening of Iroquois of Louisiana Inc. to member agents. Mike Reiter, Iroquois long-time managing partner, is...
Rep. Pickering to Address Professional Agents in D.C. April 3
Feb 14 2003 // Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering (R- Mississippi) will address members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) during the group’s annual Federal Legislative Summit April...
Hagerty Agent Site Now Open 24/7
Feb 14 2003 // Collectible auto and boat insurer Hagerty Insurance recently updated its agents-only Web site to allow for 24-hour, seven-day-a-week access to client policies and customer ID cards. The changes are available in the...
Unigard Embraces ACORD Standards, Empowers Agents
Feb 13 2003 // Washington-based Unigard Insurance Company (www.unigard.com) has taken the next step of an ongoing commitment to facilitate greater profits for their partner agents through the efficiencies of open ACORD standards. Arne...
Aon Pulls Down $178 Million in Fourth Quarter
Feb 13 2003 // Aon Corp.’s fourth-quarter net income soared and the company appears to have made a stunning recovery from the impact of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. The Chicago-based insurance brokerage...
E.L.M. Insurance Announces New Agents E&O Program
Feb 13 2003 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers recently announced a new errors & omissions program for insurance agents in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Kansas and Wyoming. Managing general agents...
Pacific Associates Joins United Agencies
Feb 12 2003 // Garden Grove, Calif.-based Pacific Associates Insurance Agency will join United Agencies’ group of affiliated agencies. Pacific Associates Insurance Agency is owned and operated by Gene Sokolski and Sergio...
Oklahoma Agents Set to Tango
Feb 12 2003 // The Independent Agents of Oklahoma invites agencies to send their whole office staff to a half-day workshop, “Teamwork and Tangos…it Takes Two.” The workshop, to be held Feb. 18 from 1-5 p.m. at the IIAOK...
Gallagher Acquires Kentucky and Seattle Agencies
Feb 11 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired W. E. Kingsley Co. Inc. of Lexington, Ky., and McRory & Co. and Harman & McRory Co., both of Seattle, Wash. The Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage did not disclose terms of...
